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pile of rubble where the house once stood. There was nothing left but the foundation, which was filled with water and debris. A pool table floated in the middle. Friends cried as they picked the family’s belongings out of the mud and the mangled trees. One girl emerged from the muddy water carrying a teddy bear and a small jewelry box. Scott Conley said he helped rescue the mother and her three children, who had survived by hiding in the basement. He had arrived at his parents’ house across the street about 20 minutes before the storm hit. He said his family laid in the stairwell because they didn’t have time to get to the basement. Conley said he saw the body of the children’s father in the rubble after hours of searching. He said the man apparently ran upstairs to get a flashlight and couldn’t make it back to safety. The tornado ripped the roof and back wall off Lake High School’s gymnasium late Saturday, hours before the graduation ceremony was supposed to begin there. The ceremony was rescheduled for Tuesday at a Toledo community college. The tornado turned a township police and emergency medical services building into a mishmash of 2-by-4 framing and pink insulation. At least six police vehicles — half the township’s fleet — were destroyed, and one car was tossed into the spot where the building once stood. Those killed included a person outside the police department and a motorist, Hummer said. He said a young child and two other victims were from Millbury, a bedroom community of roughly 1,200 about 10 miles southeast of Toledo. Hummer said two other people died at hospitals but he did not have details. In southeastern Michigan, severe storms and high winds ripped siding off a building at the Fermi 2 nuclear plant, causing it to shut down automatically, said Dan Smith, the public information officer for Monroe County. DTE Energy, which owns the nuclear plant on the shore of Lake Erie, is still investigating the extent of damage, and there’s no estimate when the plant will go back into operation, spokesman Guy Cerullo said. He emphasized that the reactor itself was not damaged, just other “plant-related equipment.” About 14,000 people were without power but it wasn’t clear whether that was directly related to the nuclear plant’s shutdown or because of damage to power lines in the area, said Gregory Williams, director of emergency management for Monroe County. Eleven people with minor injuries were taken to hospitals from Dundee, Mich., where a tornado touched down with winds of about 130 mph. Tornadoes also were reported in Illinois. More than a dozen people were injured in Dwight, where about 40 mobile homes and 10 other homes were destroyed, Illinois Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Patti Thompson said. The roof of a movie theater collapsed in Elmwood, about 30 miles west of Peoria. State Trooper Dustin Pierce said 150 to 200 people who had been inside were evacuated to the basement and no one was hurt. The storms left a trail of damaged homes in northern Indiana and three tornadoes touched down, but no one was injured. In eastern Iowa, buildings were damaged and one person was hurt when a tornado touched down in Maquoketa. A cold front colliding with warm unstable air produced the storms, said meteorologist Marty Mullen of the National Weather Service, a front that weakened as it headed east, though it did knock down trees and power lines across New York and produce high winds in Pennsylvania.

Someone’s in trouble as Elijah Mueller looks for his next target with his “Max Liquidator” Friday afternoon at the Delphos Municipal Swimming Pool. The pool is now open for the regular season. Hours are noon to 8 p.m. daily.

Pool a ‘blast’ this weekend

Dena Martz photo

Elida issues Boil Water Advisory

Up Front

GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) — A geyser of oil spewing from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico is slowly tapering off with the help of a wellhead cap, but there’s no containThe Village of Elida ing much of the crude that’s has issued a Boil Water already escaped, a reality Advisory for village water becoming increasingly evident at the region’s beaches and residents on Piquad Road until further notice. A water marshes. The battle to contain the main lead was discovered oil is likely to stretch into the this morning and the water fall, the government’s point supply was shut off for an man on the spill warned. The extended period of time. cap will trap only so much of If tap water is cloudy the oil, and relief wells being or contains particles, strain drilled won’t be completed through a tightly-woven until August. Meanwhile, oil cloth or into a clean contain- will continue to shoot out. er. Then, boil for 20 minutes To Kelcey Forrestier, a and allow to cool before 23-year-old biology graduate drinking or cooking with it. visiting Okaloosa Island, Fla., it was already clear Sunday For more informathat the spill and its damage tion, contact the village will last long into the future. office at 419-339-2811. “Oil just doesn’t go away. Oil doesn’t disappear,” said Forrestier, of New Orleans. Forecast “It has to go somewhere and Partly sunny it’s going to come to the Gulf Tuesday; beaches.” chance of afterLifeguards found a “very noon showers, minor” set of fingernail-size storms. High tar balls over the weekend near 70. See page 2. on the western edge of the island about 35 miles east of Index Pensacola, marking the eastObituaries 2 ernmost point oil has been discovered ashore. State/Local 3 Officials reported Sunday Politics 4 afternoon that a sheen of oil Community 5 was spotted about 150 miles Sports 6-8 west of Tampa, though they Announcements 9 did not expect the slick to reach Classifieds 11 the western Florida peninsula TV 12 in the near future. Officials put out a report late Peony Festival 13 Sunday that dead, oiled birds had been found in Texas but retracted this morning. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class

Long road to oil cleanup looms over Gulf Coast

MILLBURY — A community whose high school was destroyed the day before graduation by a tornado that killed seven people, including the valedictorian’s father, rescheduled the ceremony as residents sifted through houses in many cases reduced to rubble. The tornado was part of a line of storms that ripped through the Midwest on Saturday night and Sunday, destroying dozens of homes and an emergency services building in northwest Ohio. Storms collapsed a movie-theater roof in Illinois and ripped siding off a building at a Michigan nuclear plant, forcing a shutdown. But the worst destruction was reserved for a strip up to 300 yards wide and 10 miles long southeast of Toledo left littered Sunday with wrecked vehicles, splintered wood and family possessions. The tornado that hit Wood and Ottawa counties had estimated winds of up to 165 mph and was by far the most severe of four confirmed tornadoes to strike northern Ohio Saturday, Will Kubina, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Cleveland, said today. At least 50 homes were destroyed and another 50 severely damaged, as well as six commercial buildings. The storm fell over an area of farm fields and light industry, narrowly missing the heavily-populated suburbs on the southern edge of Toledo. “It’s a war zone,” Lake Township Police Chief Mark Hummer said. Hummer said all residents were accounted for after houseto-house searches. Doug Wensink, 17, who had planned to graduate on Sunday, said the valedictorian lived in a home on a street blocked by fallen tree limbs. Neighbors dug through a

Zach Zubricki said authorities were still trying to determine the cause of the error. BP said today that the cost of the response has reached about $1.25 billion. The company said the figure does not include $360 million for a project to build six sand berms meant to protect Louisiana’s wetlands from spreading oil. The prospect that the crisis could stretch beyond summer devastated residents along the Gulf, who are seeing more and thicker globs of oil appear all along the coast. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, overseeing the government’s response to the spill, has expressed similar frustration, ordering cleanup crews to the Alabama coastline after surveying the scene from the air. But he acknowledged the relative futility of their efforts. Since it was placed over the busted well on Thursday, the cap has been siphoning an increasing amount of oil. On Saturday, it funneled about 441,000 gallons to a tanker on the surface, up from about 250,000 gallons it captured Friday. But it’s not clear how much is still escaping from the well, which federal authorities have estimated was leaking between 500,000 gallons and 1 million gallons a day. Since the spill began nearly seven weeks ago, roughly 23 million to 50 million gallons of oil have leaked into the Gulf. The inverted funnel-like cap is being closely watched for whether it can make a serious dent in the flow of new oil. Allen reserved judgment, saying he didn’t want to risk offering false encouragement.

Above: One-year-old Alyssa Good enjoys a pony ride from Jungle Island Zoo Pony Rides at the Van Wert Peony Festival Saturday before the Peony Parade. Cara Suever guides the pony. Below: a small truck in Michindon Truck and Tractor Pull at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds during the annual Peony Festival this weekend. See more photos on page 13.

2010 Van Wert Peony Festival

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For The Record
Man arrested on outstanding warrant
POLICE REPORTS

At 10:56 a.m. Saturday, Delphos Police came into contact with Steven Putt, 41 of Middle Point. As a result, Putt was arrested on an outstanding warrant issued out of Van Wert Common Pleas Court for failure to comply with the court. Putt was transported to the Van Wert County Jail where he will be held until he appears in court.

Solar lights damaged, taken from outside home

Lucille J. Wolfe
oct. 19, 1916-June 6, 2010 Lucille J. Wolfe, 93, formerly of Spencerville, died at 1:30 a.m. Sunday at Wyngate Senior Living Community in Lima after having also resided at Otterbein Cridersville Retirement Living Community. She was born Oct. 19, 1916, in Lima, to Elmer and Chloe (Corderman) Harrod. On April 25, 1942, she married John Wolfe, who survives at Wyngate Senior Living Center. Funeral services begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Thomas E. Bayliff Funeral Home, the Rev. John Fleck officiating. Burial will follow at a later date in Spencerville Cemetery. Friends may call from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

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Juvenile picked up for curfew violation

At 1:49 a.m. Saturday, while on routine patrol, Delphos police officers came into contact with Jonathon Seman, 17, of Delphos in the 200 block of West Fifth Street. Seman was arrested on charges of being out after curfew and cited into Allen County Juvenile Court on the charge and later released to a parent.

Drop box at Underage business damaged drinkers cited, Delphos Police were called to a business in the 600 block one later found of Elida Avenue at 8:38 a.m. Friday in reference to damage behind the wheel
at the business. Upon officers’ arrival, an employee of the business said that in the overnight hours, someone placed a smoke firecracker in an overnight drop box located at the business. Reports indicate that there was minor damage caused to the drop box.

Delphos Police were called to the 700 block of East Second Street at 8:08 a.m. Friday in reference to a theft. Upon officers’ arrival, a resident of that area said in the overnight hours, someone had taken several solar lights from the exterior of the residence. Delphos Police were called to the 300 block of South Clay Street at 11:38 p.m. Saturday in reference to a theft that had just occurred at a residence. Upon officers’ arrival the victim stated that someone had taken some solar lights from outside of the victim’s residence. Delphos Police were called to the 700 block of North Canal Street at 11:39 p.m. Saturday in reference to a complaint of damage to a residence. st. ritA’s Upon officers’ arrival, the A girl was born June 3 victim stated that someone to Crystal Oglesbee of had broken several solar lights Spencerville. that were on the exterior of the A girl was born June 4 to residence. Craig and Meghan Baldauf of Delphos. A boy was born June 5 to Rick and Sarah Knippen of Fort Jennings.

John D. Humphreys Alfreda rose ‘Mamie’ (Kill) nov. 26, 1944 June 5, 2010 Gerdeman
John D. Humprhreys, 65, of Gomer, died at 10:15 p.m. Saturday at St. Rita’s Medical Center. He was born Nov. 26, 1944, in Lima to David and Mary Ellen (Renner) Humphreys, who are deceased. On Oct. 22, 2006, he married Deborah Mihm of Gomer. Survivors include son Aaron Humphreys of Lima; stepsons Dustin Miller of Columbus and Seth (Stephanie Steinke) Fulton of Lima; stepdaughter Audrey (Tyler Leach) Fulton of Elida; sister Nancy (Thomas) Sakemiller of Delphos; grandson Tyler Leach; nephews Scott (Lisa) Sakemiller and Ryan (Samantha) Sakemiller; and his special friend, Rogan the cat. Mr. Humphreys was a veteran of the National Guard who served from 1965-1971. He was a lifelong plumber and pipe-fitter who retired from General Dynamics after 14 years. He also worked at Washam Plumbing and Heating for 12 years and Quality Mechanical Services for 2 years. He also farmed with his father. He loved living in this area. He was a member of Gomer United Church of Christ, Harley Owner Group, Delphos Eagles and Knights of Columbus Loyalty Club. He enjoyed riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle, was a NASCAR and sprint racing and Ohio State football and basketball fan. He was a regular at Limaland Raceway and will be remembered for his big smile. He was a kind and loving husband, father and friend. Services will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Harter and Schier Funeral Home, the Rev. Brian Knoderer officiating. Burial will follow in Carmen Cemetery near Gomer, with military graveside rites performed by the Delphos Veterans Council. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Tuesday and for an hour prior to the service Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials are to Gomer United Church of Christ or American Cancer Society.

BIRTHS

Items taken from shed

Delphos Police were called to the 400 block of Wayne Street at 9:58 a.m. Friday in reference to a breaking and entering complaint. Upon officers’ arrival, the victim stated that in the overnight hours, someone had cut some screens on a shed at the residence and had removed personal items from inside the shed.

Delphos Police were called to the 500 block of South Washington Street at 3:35 a.m. Saturday in reference to some subjects being in that area making loud noise and waking residences Delphos Police were called Pageto the 1 block of West Clime 1 of 500 in the area. Upon officers’ arrival, Street at 8:42 a.m. Friday in they located Darin Lamica, reference to a damage com20, of Delphos and Brandon plaint to a residence. Biers, 20, of Lima in the area. Upon officers’ arrival, the Upon speaking with the sub- victim stated someone had jects, they were found to be opened an exterior door to under the influence of alcohol the victim’s residence and set while being under the legal off a smoke bomb between an drinking age. Both subjects exterior and interior door. were arrested on the violaReports indicate that minor tion and transported to the damage was caused to the Delphos Police Department residence. and were later released after Delphos Police were called being issued citations into to the 700 block of North Lima Municipal Court on the Canal Street at 11:39 p.m. charges. Saturday in reference to a At approximately 6 a.m. complaint of damage to a resiSaturday, police were con- dence. tacted in reference to a subUpon officers’ arrival, the ject inside a motor vehicle in victim stated someone had the 100 block of East Second broken several solar lights that Street. The caller stated that were on the exterior of the the subject appeared to be residence. unconscious. Delphos Police were called Upon officers’ arrival, to the 500 block of West they located Biers sitting in Cleveland Street at 1 p.m. the driver seat of the vehicle Sunday in reference to some asleep. damage to a residence. Officers found Biers to be Upon officers’ arrival, the intoxicated and in physical victim stated that someone in control of the vehicle. As a the overnight hours had writresult, Biers was arrested on ten on the residence garage charges of being in physical door with a marker. control of a motor vehicle while being intoxicated. SUBSCRIBE TODAY! He was issued a citation into Lima Municipal Court Phone on the charge and was later 419-695-0015 released.

Police investigate damage complaints

POLICE REPORT

June 2, 1915-June 5, 2010 Alfreda Rose “Mamie” (Kill) Gerdeman, 95, of Delphos, died at 2:02 p.m. Saturday at Vancrest Healthcare Center. She was born June 2, 1915, in Landeck to Anthony and Theresa (Scharf) Kill. On June 8, 1942, she married Carl Gerdeman in Landeck. He died Nov. 18, 2007. Survivors include son Dennis (Elle) Gerdeman of Westerville; daughters Peggy Rizor of Elida and Jayne (Alan) Homsher and Karla (Bill) Bailey of Cincinnati; sisters Pauline Geise of Landeck, Alma (Joe) Dampf of La Puente, Calif., and LaDonna (Virg) Birgen of Las Vegas; grandchildren Susan (Mark) Link, Leslie (David) Gamble, Carmen (Rodney) Helsel, Brian (Ranelle) Rizor, Lauren (Kyle Coburn) Gerdeman and Meredeth Bailey; and 11 great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by grandson Tony Rizor; son-in-law David Risor; brothers Linus, Vernon and George Kill; and sisters Lillian Vent, Margaret Ellerbrock and Beatrice Bockey. Mrs. Gerdeman was a homemaker who was an avid flower and vegetable gardener. She made excellent homecooked meals and baked goods and was greatly loved by her family and her grandchildren. She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and its Altar Rosary Society. Mass of Christian Burial begins at 11 a.m. Tuesday (her 64th wedding anniversary) at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, the Rev. Melvin Verhoff officiating. Burial will follow in St. John’s Cemetery. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. today at Harter and Schier Funeral Home, where the parish wake begins at 7:30 p.m.. Memorials are to St. John’s Cemetery.

The Delphos Herald wants to correct published errors in its news, sports and feature articles. To inform the newsroom of a mistake in published information, call the editorial department at 419-695-0015. Corrections will be published on this page.

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WEATHER
Delphos weather
High temperature Sunday in Delphos was 77 degrees, low was 60. Weekend rainfall was recorded at .43 inch. High a year ago today was 82, low was 58. Record high for today is 95, set in 1933. Record low is 42, set in 1944. WeAtHer ForeCAst tri-county the Associated Press toniGHt: Mostly clear in the evening becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast after midnight. tUesDAY: Partly sunny in the morning then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 70. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. eXtenDeD ForeCAst tUesDAY niGHt: Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. WeDnesDAY: Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely in the morning then partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Beth Metzger and her friends stop in front of the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne. Delphos resident Beth Metzger is participating in The Glory Ride and Tabernacle. The vision of the group is to ride from the west coast to the east coast by horseback, worshiping, blowing the shofar and asking Almighty God to come and anoint His people to minister to the millions who are about ready to receive the answer to their prayers. Her sister, Helen Kaverman, chronicles her ride through phone calls and e-mails. By HELEN KAVERMAN Beth said: “I never want to drive over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, nor the Rockies again!” Beautiful as they are, the drive can be stressful when you can average only 35 mph going up and down and over. Many peaks were over 11,000 feet high. While in Ogden, they participated in a prayer ride, which took them past the IRS building and down several streets. While four or five ride their horses, another person follows with the truck playing Christian praise and worship music. In Ogden, they met the owner of the land on which they were camping. He said he had been neighbors to the Osmond family during his younger years in nearby Huntsville. When this gentleman found out the purpose of their mission, he very generously filled up all their vehicles at the local gas station. They visited the International House of Prayer, which is open 24 hours per

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“The history of the world shows that when a mean thing was done, man did it; when a good thing was done, man did it.” — Robert G. Ingersoll, American lawyer and statesman (1833-1899)

Scared politicians curb federal spending
By LAURIE KELLMAN The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The 2010 elections have changed the direction of government only half way through the primary season, with voter anger and economic jitters causing lawmakers to balk at their most basic duties as well as key elements of President Barack Obama’s agenda. After betting their political future on a governmentmandated expansion of health care to include millions more Americans, Democrats appear to have little appetite for more legislative showdowns given voter rebellion against government spending amid trillion dollar-plus annual deficits. The solution in some cases is to simply not vote. Immigration reform is too politically toxic. Key bills with massive price tags are getting shelved. Congress’ core duty, exercising its power of the purse by passing a budget? Negative. A vote for it could be seen as a vote for deficit spending. There’s no sign of the 12 annual spending bills that typically come up in June. Five months out from the midterm elections, Democrats and Republicans say they have no choice but to draw lessons from the nominating contests and their own, increasingly vocal constituents. “We are hearing from the public, ’You’re adding to the deficit, you’re adding to the deficit,”’ said Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, a member of the conservative Blue Dogs who have held together against many proposals that require even more borrowing by the Treasury to pay for them. Obama himself gave his party cover for dropping any real plans to pass comprehensive immigration reform, which he’d promised to address in his first presidential year. Passing the massive health care overhaul on the heels of an economic stimulus package and several industry bailouts has sapped Congress of any “appetite” for polarizing legislation. “I don’t want us to do something just for the sake of politics that doesn’t solve the problem,” Obama told reporters Wednesday night aboard Air Force One. In March, Congress sent Obama a modest $38 billion jobs bill exempting employers who hire laid off workers from the 6.2 percent Social Security tax through the rest of

IT WAS NEWS THEN
One Year Ago • The local Veterans of Foreign Wars post has worked with the American Legion to create the Delphos War Memorial and the Delphos Veterans Council. The VFW supplies a color guard and its members provide graveside rites when some of our most patriotic residents pass on. They help organize Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day services and so much more. The post remains an active member of the community and on June 6 turned 75 years old. 25 Years Ago — 1985 • Donna Noonan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Noonan of Delphos, has received the “C-Ring” Award at the University of Cincinnati. The “C-Ring” is a gold and black onyx ring given by the university to the outstanding graduating senior woman for demonstrating scholarship, leadership, community service, personal development and advocacy for women. • Preschool children from Delphos participated in a day care activity held recently at Jefferson Senior High School. Students in Jan Wright’s home economics class in child development organized the day’s activities. These included creative play with clay and crayons, a puppet show on children’s fears, and storytelling. • Ken Miller of M & W Storage Systems, Landeck Road, has been named to serve a two-year term on the Butler Manufacturing Company’s agri-builder advisory council. Butler Manufacturing Company, headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., manufacturers grain bins and pre-engineered steel buildings used in farm and commercial programs. 50 Years Ago — 1960 • Mrs. Linus Schmelzer of Delphos is on the board of directors of Buckeye Girls State for the summer session, June 18 through 26. Schmelzer will be director of counselors of the nine-day workshop in practical government which will convene on the campus of Capital University, Columbus. Four local delegates who will attend this year’s session are Virginia Osting and Frances Wiecher, Delphos St. John’s and Lynn Rorabeck and Sue Uncapher, Delphos Jefferson. Nearly 1,000 high school girls will register June 18 for the 14th and largest session of Buckeye Girls State sponsored annually by the American Legion Auxiliary of Ohio. All have just completed their junior year in high school and are sponsored by the local Legion Auxiliary units or by other community organizations through the auxiliary.

Blagojevich jury to be picked

75 Years Ago — 1935 • Hubert L. Dunn has been named as agent for the Nickel Plate Railroad Company at the Delphos station. Dunn succeeds in this office, G. C. Marston, who for many years was agent here but retired about six months ago on account of ill health. Marston was agent for a period of about 33 years. He came to this city in 1901 from Ohio City where he had served as agent for the Erie and later for the Clover Leaf. • Jerome Lindemann, of west of this city, and Donald Klaus, of Landeck, are members of this year’s graduating class of St. Joseph’s College, Rensselaer, Ind. These young men left for St. Joseph’s in 1933. Lindemann is a son of Mrs. Theresa Lindemann and Klaus is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Klaus. • Large numbers of Delphos people were in Van Wert to witness the parades which were held in connection with the centennial celebration being staged there. The peony gardens were not at their best, due to the cool weather which has prevailed. The Jefferson High School Band was one of the WASHINGTON — When musical organizations in line and many other Delphos people a long-ago South Carolina accompanied them to Van Wert. legislator described his state as “too small to be a republic and too large to be an insane asylum,” he might have added, “but just perfect for a bordello!” Perhaps it is the humidity. Throw in a cocktail, stir with human nature, and you’ve got that ol’ fleeting magic. But what’s with all these kissy-boys spilling the beans on their paramours? Whither chivalry? Whither, alas, manliness? The women in these romantic imbroglios are steel magnolias to the weeping willows of their undoubtedly regrettable (and perhaps forgettable) dalliances. No one needs to be reminded of Gov. Mark Sanford’s tearful confession of infidelity with his Argentine soul mate. Now-ex-wife Jenny Sanford has turned his betrayal into a cottage industry of feminine empowerment. She’s written a book, appeared on talk shows and become the ex officio leading lady of the tragedy formerly known as victimhood. I am woman, hear me call my lawyer. In a twist that would be ironic if it weren’t so overpoweringly icky, Sanford protegee and Jenny favorite-for-governor, Nikki Haley, is essen-

CHICAGO (AP) — Rod Blagojevich’s lawyers will be making their final, crucial jury decisions before the real drama begins in the former governor’s racketeering and fraud trial — one of the biggest such cases in the history of this corruption-plagued state. Judge James B. Zagel was expected to question about 30 more jurors today, after quizzing 59 potential jurors in two days and booting out 20 over objections from both sides. The final panel will be whittled down to 12 jurors plus alternates Tuesday before lawyers launch into their opening statements. Blagojevich has pleaded not guilty to scheming to profit from his power as governor to fill the Senate seat President Barack Obama left to move to the White House. He also denies plotting to pressure campaign donors illegally and launching a scheme to divide the hefty dividends with advisers after he left office. Zagel refused to delay the opening statements even one day so Blagojevich and his wife could attend their daughter’s grammar school graduation. While Patti Blagojevich looked glum, the former governor flashed his usual campaign trail charm. “I’m getting to like this building,” the 53-year-old Democrat quipped Friday as he left the courthouse. Some of the potential jurors questioned so far included two former Marines, a Polishborn housekeeping supervisor, a hospital administrator, a retired videotape librarian, a bank manager, a woman who does community volunteer work and a federal Homeland Security supervisor at O’Hare International Airport. One cited Blagojevich’s television appearances, saying she viewed it as self-promotion. Blagojevich appeared on NBC’s reality TV show “Celebrity Apprentice” and on several talk shows.

McCain’s future in Senate at risk
By LIZ SIDOTI The Associated Press LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. — A serious re-election fight wasn’t what Republican John McCain expected when he returned to the Senate after losing the presidency. Yet that’s just what he’s got. The four-term senator is battling for his political life in a race that embodies the volatility of an unpredictable election year. He’s facing former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, a fellow Republican pushing him farther to the right as GOP voters demand conservative purity in their candidates and punish anyone with ties to Washington establishment. Two longtime Senate incumbents have fallen — Bob Bennett, R-Utah, and Arlen Specter, D-Pa. A third — Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark. — could see her hopes dashed this Tuesday in a runoff amid voter inclination to reward political neophytes who adhere to party principles over experience. McCain’s popularity fell in Arizona as he spent years campaigning outside of it, twice for the White House. Hayworth, a radio talk show host who had been in Congress for a dozen years but lost to a Democrat in 2006, saw a chance for a political comeback. The behemoth in the race, McCain has a decades-old political organization, millions in the bank and six campaign offices. He’s counting on his deep ties to Arizona and legions of longtime backers to carry him through. In contrast, Hayworth has never run statewide, is struggling to raise money and has just two offices. But he’s being fueled by disaffected McCain backers and voters hungry for new leadership. “He’s been there too long. And he hasn’t done anything for Arizona,” Ally Miller says of McCain, 73. “It’s time for someone new.” Among Hayworth supporters, there’s a feeling that McCain hasn’t been a loyal Republican, he’s ignored Arizona and his time has passed. Many have voted for him for years — because, they say, there wasn’t another option. With the 51-year-old Hayworth, people fed up with the status quo — and unwilling to automatically give McCain a new six-year term — have somewhere to turn. At a Hayworth appearance at a Tucson library, attended by roughly 50 backers who gave the candidate a warm reception, the chorus of com-

the year and providing about $20 billion for highway and transit programs. Employers also can get a $1,000 tax credit if new hires stay on their payroll a full year. The bill was supposed to be only the first of many election-year measures to hammer home the “jobs, jobs, jobs” rallying cry that Democrats hoped would persuade voters to stay with them in November. But Democratic moderates’ antipathy to borrowing more money to pay for the additional jobs and recession safety net measures has forced the party to abandon some and trim back others. Obama’s proposed $250 bonus payment to Social Security recipients was killed by the Senate. Also gone is an $80 billion-plus Senate plan that promised money to build roads and schools, help local governments keep teachers on the payroll and stimulate hiring in the home improvement industry with rebates for homeowners who make energy-saving investments. Just last month, deficit concerns killed $24 billion in fiscal relief to prevent state workers from being furloughed. It was a measure that earlier had won initial votes in both the House and Senate.

Moderately confused

tially being branded a harlot by two men claiming to have “known” her. In politics as in love, timing is everything. These alleged trysts apparently came to mind just as Haley was leading the Republican

Libidos gone wild

plaints sounded like a death knell for McCain. “Hayworth is a true conservative patriot,” said John Kessler. “McCain has become a big government, tax-andspend liberal.” Added Joe Boogaart: “He’s changing positions for political reasons. He’s being a typical politician. So I’m taking a stand this time.” And this from Benjamin Brookhart: “We need someone who is going to stand on conservative principles and not be a Republican in name only.” But the compliments for McCain flowed a day later on the western edge of the state in tourist haven Lake Havasu, where McCain appeared at four events in a single afternoon. He greeted two dozen people at the local Chamber of Commerce, popped into a fire station to chat up firefighters and thanked a boisterous crowd of at least 100 volunteers as he opened his downtown campaign office. He held court before a crowd nearly twice that size during a question-and-answer session where he told well-worn campaign trail jokes and answered questions on everything from immigration to spending to the oil spill.

KATHLEEN PARKER

Point of View
pack in the final countdown to Tuesday’s primary. Haley, a married mother of two, denied the claims of both men. One is former Haley political consultant Will Folks, who for a time was also Gov. Sanford’s director of communications. The other is lobbyist Larry Marchant Jr., who until recently was working for Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer, also a contender for governorship. Like Folks, Marchant claims to have had an “inappropriate physical relationship” with Haley. He felt he had to tell because, oh, he just had to! Bauer, who paid Marchant $50,000 in consulting fees (before firing him), has challenged Haley to a polygraph test to prove she has been faithful to her husband. Seriously, Mr. Hawthorne?

To outsiders, this is the sort of delicious material that allows comedy writers to sleep in. To South Carolinians, these unfolding events are a blight, a pox, a Deepwater Horizon of gushing shame. It bears mentioning that the players in this little drama are not equals. I’ve known Folks, a take-no-prisoners political blogger, for years and take him at his word when he says that a story was about to break about his alleged relationship. Recently married and a new father, he says he was attempting damage control when he broke the story himself. I don’t condone or agree with his decision, but he’s no Marchant, whose earnest confession reeks of the selfservice to which he has now consigned himself. I also know Haley and take her at her word when she denies the allegations. But let’s get at the deeper truth and ask: Is this really where we want our politics to go? Are only perfect people acceptable for public service? As Bill Bennett once put it to me: “If perfection is our standard, then no one gets to talk.” This obsession with people’s personal lives, including the hand-wringing analysis of Al and Tipper Gore’s marriage, has turned us into a nation of purse-lipped old maids. No offense to purses. I’ve resisted

commenting on the Gores’ decision to split after 40 years of marriage because, what possibly could I know? Apologies to the deeply conflicted, but the Gores’ divorce has no bearing on my life. I reluctantly decided to weigh in on the Haley story because therein lie issues of more general consequence. This isn’t only politics at its worst. It’s a persecution, a witch hunt, a political rape. “All I know to do is fight,” said Haley by phone Friday. “Just stay strong and keep a smile on your face. ... I refuse to let this distract me.” Of greater personal concern than what may or may not have happened between consenting, if misguided, adults is, what happened to men? The South has managed through the past 150 years of regional shame to cling to the one admirable trait of its antebellum past: the Gentle Man. He, too, apparently is endangered. With notable exceptions, the once-honorable protector of women’s virtue is just another gossip-monger. Perhaps this is the legacy of our egalitarian times. When men succumb to their inner Oprah, weeping and telling like slumber-party girls, it may be time for the stronger sex to lead.
Kathleen Parker’s e-mail address is [email protected]

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St. Mary’s Summer Artfest set Aug. 8-15
The 21st annual St. Mary’s Summer Artfest will take place Aug. 8-15 at the Community Public Library in St. Mary’s. It is sponsored by the St. Mary’s Community Public Library and Friends of the Library. To be eligible to participate, you must be high school age or older and a legal resident of Auglaize, Allen, Mercer, Van Wert, Hardin, Drake, Shelby or Logan County. Entries can be painting, drawing, photography, sculpture or ceramics. Twodimensional artwork must be framed with a securely attached and sturdy wire hanger, metal screw eyes and wire are required. No saw-

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CALENDAR OF
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TODAY 7 p.m. — Delphos Parks and Recreation board meets at the recreation building at Stadium Park. Washington Township trustees meet at the township house. Marion Township trustees at township house. 7:30 p.m. — Spencerville village council meets at the mayor’s office. Delphos Eagles Auxiliary meets at the Eagles Lodge, 1600 Fifth St. Delphos Civil Service Commission meets at Municipal Building. 8 p.m. — The Veterans of Foreign Wars meet at the hall. TUESDAY 11:30 a.m. — Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center, 301 Suthoff Street. 6 p.m. — Weight Watchers meets at Trinity United Methodist Church, 211 E. Third St. Delphos Fire Association Steak Feed at the clubhouse in Leisure Park. The public is invited. 6:30 p.m. — Delphos Lions Club, Eagles Lodge, 1600 E. Fifth St. 7 p.m. — Delphos City Council meets at the municipal building, 608 N. Canal St. 7:30 p.m. — Ottoville Emergency Medical Service members meet at the municipal building. Ottoville VFW Auxiliary members meet at the hall. Fort Jennings Local School District board members meet at the high school library. Alcoholics Anonymous, First Presbyterian Church, 310 W. Second St. 8:30 p.m. — Elida village council meets at the town hall. WEDNESDAY 9 a.m. - noon — Putnam County Museum is open, 202 E. Main St. Kalida. 11:30 a.m. — Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center, 301 Suthoff Street. 11:45 a.m. — Rotary Club meets at the Eagles Lodge, 1600 E. Fifth St. 4 p.m. — Delphos Public Library board members meet at the library conference room. 6 p.m. — Shepherds of Christ Associates meet in the St. John’s Chapel. 7 p.m. — Bingo at St. John’s Little Theatre. THURSDAY 11:30 a.m. — Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center, 301 Suthoff Street. 5-7 p.m. — The Interfaith Thrift Shop is open for shopping. 8 p.m. — American Legion Post 268, 415 N. State St. FRIDAY 7:30 a.m. — Delphos Optimist Club, A&W DriveIn, 924 E. Fifth St. 11:30 a.m. — Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center, 301 Suthoff Street. 1-4:30 p.m. — Interfaith Thrift Store is open for shopping. SATURDAY 8:30-11:30 a.m. — St. John’s High School recycle, 600 block of East Second Street. 9 a.m. - noon — Interfaith Thrift Store is open for shopping. St. Vincent DePaul Society, located at the east edge of the St. John’s High School parking lot, is open. The facility can also be opened by appointment by calling John Trentman at 419-692-7185. Cloverdale recycle at village park. 7 p.m. — Bingo at St. John’s Little Theatre.

Garden club plants roses at library

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Judy Pohlman, left, Karen Hartman and Laura Roach (not pictured) of the Delphos Green Thumb Garden Club recently planted roses in front of the gazebo at the Delphos Public Library. The club wanted to show their appreciation to the library for the use of their community room for meetings over the years.

Van Wert 4-H barbecue Tuesday Red Cross to host
The annual Van Wert County 4-H Chicken BBQ will be held from 3:30-7 p.m. Tuesday with a Drive Thru or Carry out. Diners should enter the Van Wert County Fairgrounds at Fox Road and proceed to the Junior Fair Building or drive in and pick up food at the door. Tickets are $7 for a full meal which includes a half barbecued chicken, baked potato, apple sauce, green beans, roll and cookie. Tickets can be purchased from any 4-H member or at the Drive Thru. A barbecue poster contest was held for all county 4-H clubs with many of the posters to appear in local stores and windows. Club winners were: first place, Bunny Hoppers made by Katelyn Welch; second place, Clever Clovers made by Jasmine Defore; third Place Ridge Buckeyes made by Kayla Schroeder; and Honorable Mention went to the Clever Clovers for a poster made by James Defore. Watch for all the creative designs produced by 4-Hers of all ages.

On June 11-13, the Exchange Club of Lima will transform the Ottawa Metro Park into a Healing Field Flag Memorial by putting hundreds of 8-foot tall American Flags on display to pay homage to veterans and first responders. The event also supports child abuse prevention. Also, Support Our Troops The American Red Cross will hold a Unity Dinner at 6:30 p.m. on June 17 at the Shawnee Country Club. The dinner will celebrate America with a Great American BBQ featuring local Rock’n’Roll band Exploit Unplugged, food and a ping pong tournament. Tickets are $65 or $500 for a table of 8 seats and can be purchased at the Red Cross chapter house at 610 South Collett Street, Lima. For more information visit www.allenohrc.org.

will be held from noon to 9 p.m. on June 11-12, and noon to 6 p.m. on June 13. All food items that are to be sent to troops must be appropriately sealed and packaged. Call 419-221-1226 to reserve a flag; 419-303-9020 to get involved; and visit www.healingfield.org/Lima for more information.

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By JIM METCALFE The Delphos Herald [email protected] COLUMBUS — Weather interrupted action during Saturday’s portion of the State Track and Field Championships at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. When they were competing, though, Tri-County area athletes made their marks on the podium. Take the day’s best finisher in the Division III ranks, senior Lyndie Brown. She and fellow Spencerville senior Ashley Gilroy finished third and fifth, respectively, in the girls 3,200-meter run under more humid conditions than before the rains came in the morning. “We were just getting ready to start warming up when they told us to get to the bus because of the weather,” Brown noted. “You’re

end track on high note
and we run in humidity in the fall,” Gilroy noted. The duo will be going their separate ways for college: Brown to Toledo and Gilroy to Tiffin. Gilroy summed it up for both of them: “We thought a lot about this being our last race together. I’m sure there will be tears once it all hits that this was our last race in high school. Still, we ended up on the podium and that was the goal all along.” Jefferson’s 4x200-meter girls relay team of juniors Bridget Culp, Morgan Fischbach and Emily Fought and sophomore Kennedy Boggs ended up fourth in the event. As expected, they were ecstatic. “We were eighth last year at state and fourth this year. We set a high standard last year and beat that this year,” Boggs said. “We set a school record

Shayla Siefker leads a pack of runners in the 1,600meter girls run, where the Ottoville junior finished fifth overall. already a bit nervous anyway, so you have to sit around and think some more. Everybody else does, too.” The two Bearcats have been running together for four years, so they are used to running in tandem. “I do try to keep up with Lyndie, figuring that if I stay with her or within a good distance, I’m doing OK,” Gilroy said. “At the same time, I wanted to run my race and do the best I can.” Both agonized whether to participate in the 1,600-meter run earlier in the morning but after consulting with coaches and parents, both decided to withdraw. “We wanted to focus on the 3,200. After talking about it with coaches and parents — something we’d considered doing since districts — we decided we’d have a better chance in the longer race,” Brown explained. “It was a tough decision because we wanted to run in the mile race, too. We qualified for state.” The weather didn’t seem to bother the duo, either. “We’re used to it for cross country. We’ve run in all kinds of weather this spring

earlier this season in district and we broke it twice at state. We came in with the 10th-best time from the regionals and ended up fourth,” Fischbach chimed in. “We wanted to have a better time than at regionals and we did that. That’s all you can ask for; to be running your best at state,” Fought added. That success has already fueled their thoughts about next year, when their own expectations will be higher, let alone what others will heap upon them. “It will be a disappointment if we don’t do better than fourth next year,” Culp predicted. “We all play other sports, so we can’t just focus on track. However, we can do the lifting and running we need to do to stay in shape and also take care of ourselves.” Staying healthy — something that the quartet dealt with this spring — is uppermost in their minds. “We just need to stay healthy all year. We had Spencerville seniors Lyndie Brown (left) and Ashley some injury problems, so Gilroy (right) ran their last high school race Saturday at we can’t have the injuries,” Columbus, finishing third and fifth, respectively, in the Fought added. 3,200-meter run.

The Jefferson 4x200-meter relay of Morgan Fischbach, left, Bridget Culp, Kennedy Boggs and Emily fought celebrate their fourth-place finish during Saturday’s Division III State Track and Field Championships at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Culp also took sixth in the 100-meter dash. Culp finished sixth in the ended up being pretty good 100-meter dash shortly before for a first-timer in the event,” he began. “Owens Stadium the relay. “You’re operating on is an awesome site and it’s a adrenaline. I’ve been doing great experience to get here. it so long, it doesn’t bother I like basketball and footme,” she added. “It’s defi- ball — those are still my nitely a different atmosphere two favorite sports — but here than what you’re used this makes you want to work harder at track, get back and to. It gets you ready to go.” Ottoville junior Shayla do better next year. I’m pretty Siefker continued her strong satisfied right now.” A quartet of Lady ’Dawgs: showing in the girls 1,600meter run, finishing fifth in seniors Quanisha McFadden, her third appearance in the Toni Manley, Asia Sumpter and Katelyn Anderson; ended event at Owens. “It was a bit different up seventh in the 4x200because I’ve been part of a meter relay. “Quanisha, Asia and I relay or two that has made it before. That was disap- were down here as freshmen. pointing that I couldn’t be We were undfeeated in the running with my teammates,” Western Buckeye League this Siefker noted. “The delay year, so we had high expectawas different, too, because tions of being here,” Manley your adrenaline is already observed. “We were pretty kicking in and then you have relaxed, too. The extra wait to stop. I had a chance to talk didn’t affect us. We gave it to Coach Vaughn (Horstman) our best shot and we have nothing to hang our heads again.” Despite the delay, Siefker, about. I’m sure the realization who has finished seventh and of our last race will eventufifth the previous two years, ally hit us and it will be tough but for now, we’re content didn’t feel extra nerves. “I think because of what that we gave it our best.” McFadden also finished I’ve done in the past and in cross country, it’s becoming seventh in the girls 200-meter easier to not be nervous,” she dash. “This was the first time added. “The weather wasn’t as tough, either. We’ve run any of us had competed on in pretty humid conditions the second day, so that was in cross country before, so it good for all of us. We knew wasn’t something I haven’t we could compete with the seen before.” other teams and individuals,” Elida had good success in she added. “All you want is the Division II ranks, led by the chance to go against the the fifth-place finish of soph- best in Ohio and we were omore Reggie McAdams in right there with them on the the boys high jump (6-5). second day. We did our best “I came out this year for and that’s all we can ask of track and gave it a shot. I ourselves.”

Jim Metcalfe photos

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The Associated Press NL PHOENIX — Ubaldo Jimenez became the first 11-game winner in the majors, though his scoreless innings streak ended after a franchise-record 33, and the Colorado Rockies held on to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 on Sunday. Jimenez (11-1) blanked the Diamondbacks through seven innings, then gave up just his second home run of the season, a 2-run shot by Conor Jackson in the eighth. It was Arizona’s first score against the hard-throwing right-hander in 27 innings dating to last August. Jimenez allowed six hits, struck out eight and walked three as his ERA rose to 0.93. His 11 wins are three more than any other pitcher has. Arizona set a franchise record with its seventh consecutive 1-run game. Carlos Gonzalez hit a 2-run single off Rodrigo Lopez (2-4) and Troy Tulowitzki homered for the Rockies. Manny Corpas pitched a perfect ninth for his sixth save. Dodgers 5, Braves 4, 11 innings LOS ANGELES — A.J. Ellis hit an RBI single in the 11th inning to give Los Angeles a victory over Atlanta and a split of their 4-game series. Pinch-hitter Russell Martin drew a leadoff walk from Jesse Chavez (0-0), advanced on Blake DeWitt’s bunt and came home when Ellis stroked a 1-2

pitch to left for his seventh RBI of the season. Ronald Belisario (1-0) pitched two innings of 2-hit ball for the win. Rafael Furcal hit his first home run of the season and James Loney had a 2-run single for the Dodgers. Braves starter Tim Hudson allowed four runs — three earned — and nine hits in 7-plus innings. Brian McCann hit a long homer and Martin Prado also connected for Atlanta, which squandered a 4-1 lead. Mets 7, Marlins 6 NEW YORK — Jeff Francoeur hit a tying, 3-run homer in the seventh inning and New York rallied to beat Florida, running its home winning streak to eight games. Angel Pagan had a 2-run single in a 3-run sixth and scored the go-ahead run when Ike Davis grounded sharply into a double play in the eighth. Pedro Feliciano (2-2) struck out Chris Coghlan with runners on first and second to end the eighth; Francisco Rodriguez finished for his 12th save. Cody Ross struck out with a runner on second to end it. The Mets erased deficits of 5-0 and 6-3 to complete a 3-game sweep and improve to 18-4 in their last 22 games at Citi Field. They lead the majors with 22 home wins. Ross hit a 3-run homer and Dan Uggla went deep for Florida. Padres 6, Phillies 5, 10 innings PHILADELPHIA — Adrian

MLB CAPSULES

Gonzalez homered and drove in three runs, Chase Headley had four hits and San Diego beat Philadelphia on pinch-hitter Oscar Salazar’s 2-out infield single in the 10th inning. Nick Hundley also homered for the Padres. Headley opened the 10th with a single off Danys Baez (2-2) and advanced to third on a sacrifice and a grounder. After an intentional walk to Tony Gwynn Jr., Salazar singled deep into the shortstop hole. Heath Bell got through a shaky 10th for his 15th save in 18 chances. Placido Polanco walked with one out but was thrown out at third by Gwynn trying to advance on Chase Utley’s soft single. Ryan Howard singled to put runners at the corners but Jayson Werth struck out on a 97-mph fastball for the game. Mike Adams (1-1) pitched two scoreless innings for the win. Howard had three RBIs but Philadelphia stranded 15 runners. Reds 5, Nationals 4, 10 innings WASHINGTON — Drew Stubbs hit a 2-out single in the 10th inning, driving in Jay Bruce and helping Cincinnati beat Washington. Bruce sparked the decisive rally with a single off Doug Slaten (2-1). After Laynce Nix singled, Miguel Batista replaced Slaten and Stubbs sent another single to right. Pinch-hitter Scott Rolen gave the Reds a 4-2 lead in the ninth with a 2-run homer off Matt

Capps, one batter after Capps allowed a tying double to pinchhitter Jonny Gomes. Washington tied it against Francisco Cordero (2-3) in the bottom half on pinch-hitter Michael Morse’s 2-run double. It was Cordero’s fourth blown save in 20 tries. Nick Masset got three outs for his first save, wiggling out of a 2-out, 2-on jam by getting Ian Desmond to bounce to second. Giants 6, Pirates 5, 10 innings PITTSBURGH — Freddy Sanchez hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning after failing to drive in the go-ahead run two innings earlier and San Francisco bounced back from pinch-hitter Delwyn Young’s tying homer to beat Pittsburgh. Andres Torres doubled off Octavio Dotel (2-1) and moved up on a wild pitch ahead of a midrange fly to center by Sanchez, who went 7-for-13 in his first series in Pittsburgh since being traded to the Giants in July. Brian Wilson (2-0) got four outs for the victory despite blowing his second save in 16 opportunities. Santiago Casilla got two outs for his first save since Sept. 22, 2008, with Oakland. He struck out Jeff Clement with runners on second and third to end it. Two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum didn’t figure in the decision after losing two in a row but lasted seven innings for the first time in four starts.

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The first annual Nathan Miller Memorial Baseball Classic was held Friday through Sunday at Stadium

Nathan Miller Memorial Baseball Classic
Park. Good crowds followed the 16-team pool-play tournament all weekend — despite the Saturday rains that disrupted play — and the Van Wert Dons downed the Delphos Pirates in the championship game.

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The banner says it all. The tournament was renamed in honor of the 13-year-old who died last fall.

The Van Wert Dons celebrate their championship with the bicycles they won.

Heiing photos

Delphos Pirates third baseman Jace Stockwell tags out The VFW Cardinals’ Brandon Herron takes a cut the Van Wert Dons runner in the title game while pitcher during action Sunday. Troy Schwinnen looks on.

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The Miller Family: Sam, Sarah and Angie. The former “Boys of Summer” Baseball Classic was renamed “The Nathan Miller Memorial Baseball Classic” in their son and brother’s name.

MLB

Astros 6, Cubs 3 HOUSTON — Carlos Lee hit a 2-run homer and Pedro Feliz added a 2-run single, helping Houston beat Chicago. Brett Myers (4-3) pitched well into the seventh inning, scattering eight hits while allowing only two earned runs and striking out six. He left with two outs and two on but reliever Wilton Lopez got the final out of the inning to end the threat. Matt Lindstrom pitched the ninth to earn his 13th save in 16 chances. The four runs constituted a rare outburst for the Houston offense against Randy Wells (3-4), who had not allowed an earned run against the Astros in 20 2/3 innings. Wells left after 5 1/3 innings and hasn’t won since April 30. Brewers 4, Cardinals 3, 10 innings ST. LOUIS — Rickie Weeks homered early and Corey Hart hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, lifting Milwaukee over St. Louis. Manny Parra struck out a career-high 10 in 5 1/3 innings and the Brewers overcame Albert Pujols’ 14th home run to snap a 3-game skid. The Cardinals, who had won three straight, fought back from a 3-run deficit but lost for the third time in 10 games. Jason Motte (2-2), who had retired 32 consecutive batters, walked Prince Fielder with one out in the 10th. Ryan Braun followed with an infield single and Casey McGehee also singled, loading the bases. Hart drove in Fielder with a fly to center. Zach Braddock (1-0) pitched a scoreless ninth for the win. -----AL BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles ended their 10-game losing streak in dramatic fashion, getting an RBI single from slumping Nick Markakis in the 11th inning to defeat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 Sunday. The victory was the first for interim manager Juan Samuel, who was promoted when Dave Trembley was fired Friday. The Orioles lost Samuel’s first two games by a combined 19-2 score. Cesar Izturis led off the 11th with a walk against Hideki Okajima (2-2) and went to second on a sacrifice. After Miguel Tejada was walked intentionally, Markakis — mired in an 0-for-14 skid — blooped a single to center easily scoring the winning run. David Hernandez (2-5) pitched two innings of scoreless relief for the Orioles. Yankees 4, Blue Jays 3 TORONTO — Robinson Cano hit a tie-breaking, 2-run single in the eighth and the Yankees rallied past the Blue Jays to avoid a 3-game sweep. Vernon Wells’ 2-run homer in the sixth was the only hit allowed by Yankees starter Javier Vazquez (5-5) in seven innings; New York’s power-packed lineup — which managed just three runs in the first 30 innings of the series — scored four in the eighth. The comeback spoiled a fine outing by Blue Jays righthander Brandon Morrow, who didn’t allow a run through the first seven innings. Scott Downs (1-5) took the loss. Rays 9, Rangers 5 ARLINGTON, Texas — John Jaso drove in five runs, Matt Garza won for the first time in a month and the Rays avoided a weekend sweep. Jaso had a 2-run homer, a 2-run single and an RBI double as the designated hitter from the

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leadoff spot, a day after the rookie became the first Rays catcher ever to bat first. Carlos Pena also homered for Tampa Bay (37-20), which still has the best record in the majors and a 2-game lead over the New York Yankees in the AL East. Athletics 5, Twins 4 OAKLAND, Calif. — Gio Gonzalez struck out four in seven innings to win his third straight decision and the Athletics scored all of their runs with two outs against the Twins. Jack Cust and Kevin Kouzmanoff hit back-to-back RBI singles in the first to stake Gonzalez (6-3) to an early 2-0 lead. Ryan Sweeney hit an RBI double in the second and Mark Ellis and Cliff Pennington added RBI singles in the third to chase the Twins’ Nick Blackburn (6-3). Delmon Young hit a 2-run homer off Tyson Ross in the eighth for the Twins, who were trying for their first sweep in Oakland since July 18-20, 1997. Royals 7, Tigers 2 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Brian Bannister won his career-high fifth straight start, Jose Guillen hit a 3-run homer and the Royals roughed up Jeremy Bonderman. Bannister (6-3) improved to 20-8 in day games and is 5-2 with a 2.16 ERA in nine starts against the Tigers. He ended his streak of allowing a home run at nine consecutive games. Bonderman (2-4) allowed seven runs on a season-high 11 hits in 5 2/3 innings, after entering the game with a 1.80 ERA in his last six outings. White Sox 8, Indians 7 CHICAGO — Paul Konerko hit a 2-run homer and Carlos Quentin added a go-ahead 2-run single in the seventh to lead the White Sox to a comeback victory. J.J. Putz (1-2) struck out two in a scoreless seventh to get the win, and Bobby Jenks pitched a perfect ninth for his ninth save in 10 chances. Lou Marson hit a 3-run homer and Austin Kearns had three hits for the Indians, while reliever Tony Sipp (0-2) was credited with the loss. Angels 9, Mariners 4 SEATTLE — Mike Napoli had four hits, including a 2-run homer that snapped a seventh-inning tie and lifted the Angels to their fifth straight victory. Joel Pineiro (4-6) got plenty of help from Erick Aybar and Napoli, who both went 4-for-5. After the Mariners rallied to tie it at 4 in the sixth, Napoli jumped on a high slider from Shawn Kelley (3-1), driving it over the right-field wall and the outstretched arm of Ichiro Suzuki to put Los Angeles up 6-4. Napoli also singled and scored in the ninth.
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Allen, Rondo lead Celtics past Lakers, even finals
LOS ANGELES — When Pau Gasol swatted Kendrick Perkins’ hook shot right back where it came from, Rajon Rondo scooped it up. Boston’s slick point guard leaped to the rim and scored before Gasol even knew what hadn’t hit him, giving the Celtics a fourth-quarter lead they didn’t relinquish in Game 2 of the NBA finals. While Ray Allen’s finalsrecord eight 3-pointers gave the Celtics some glitz, Rondo’s triple-double exemplified much of the grit in their 103-94 victory Sunday night, evening the series before the teams headed to Boston. The Celtics’ starting guards somehow held together a choppy, foul-plagued game in which their big men were roundly outplayed by the Lakers, who blocked a finalsrecord 14 shots and scored relentlessly down low in a foul-choked finals game. But Gasol and Andrew Bynum couldn’t block any of the shots that mattered most: those 3-pointers by Allen, who scored 27 of his 32 points in the first half, and 10 fourth-quarter points from Rondo, whose 19 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists somehow didn’t cover his impact on this equalizer. “They both were terrific,” Boston coach Doc Rivers said. “We needed points and Ray gave them to us. Rondo did a terrific job finding him. ... He’s our quarterback and he does a lot of stuff for us. He was special.” Game 3 is Tuesday night, the first of three in Boston. Kobe Bryant scored 21 points while battling more foul trouble for the Lakers, who couldn’t catch up to Boston’s dynamic guards in Los Angeles’ first home playoff loss since last season’s Western Conference finals, ending a 12-game streak and a 9-0 start to these playoffs. Gasol had 25 points and eight rebounds for the Lakers; Bynum added 21 points and
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With his eighth 3-pointer midway through the third, Allen broke the record for a full finals game he shared with Kenny Smith and Scottie Pippen — and though he didn’t hit another under tight defense, Rondo took charge. “There’s no better place, moment, time ... to win a game and to win in a great fashion,” Allen said. “I don’t know what record it is that people are telling me that I got but it’s great to have, great to be able to look back on it and say I did that. This is definitely our time.” Sliding effortlessly around his teammates’ picks and crisply releasing his fundamentally flawless jumper, Allen didn’t even miss until his eighth try rimmed out in the waning moments of the half, stunning both his bench and the Staples Center crowd. “He looked like somebody took his ball the last game and he couldn’t play,” Pierce said of Allen. “He came out

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ELIDA — First-time winners are always special because at whatever level of involvement, it marks a culmination of effort put forth to compete in the rough-and-tumble world of professional motorsports. For young Zach Bowen, his first win just happened to be in the prestigious 11th annual Steve Brown Memorial Race for the Budweiser Thunderstocks. Bowen, son of multi-time Thunderstocks feature winner Tim Bowen, started third on the field, with Sam Bodine and Keith Ralston on the front row. By the second lap, Zach Bowen had taken over race leadership and suddenly, his father stuck his car into the first turn wall, bringing out a caution period. While the elder Bowen’s night was ended, the younger was embarking upon his first-career feature victory. Zach Bowen was riding the high side of the track to a dominant position, although veteran Ernie Woodward of Kentucky was quickly moving up to second place by the 9th lap after starting in the not-soenviable ninth position. Lima’s Jeff Koz was challenging Woodward by lap 12 when he suddenly suffered a right front flat tire ending his race. Ironically, one lap later on the 13th circuit, Woodard suffered a mechanical break on his machine and also was sent to the pits. The collective Koz and Woodard misfortunes left Bowen virtually uncontested through the final 5 laps and on his way to the win. “I felt it might happen this year,” said Bowen, of Liberty Center. “To actually win almost leaves me speechless. I just graduated and spent most of my graduation money on new tires, so I can use this ($1,000 to win).” A 20-car field for the Elwer Fence 360 sprints was led to green by veterans Kent Wolters and Jeff Williams. Williams took the early lead with second-row starter Todd Heuerman giving chase. Through the opening eight or nine laps of the feature, Heuerman and Williams battled in an exciting side-by-side tussle. The orange-colored No. 18 of Heuerman made a strong pass on the outside for the lead on lap 10. For Heuerman, lapped traffic proved to be his next biggest obstacle as he stayed mostly on the top of the track working through the field. A close call for Heuerman coming off of turn 4 nearly stuck him in the wall before a dive to the bottom allowed him to escape the developing trouble. Kyle Sauder was moving into contention from his ninth starting position to 2nd behind Heuerman by the time a caution flag flew from a Butch Schroeder spin in turn four on lap 18. The subsequent restart saw Sauder racing closely to Heuerman’s tail until Sauder made the deciding pass on the outside for the lead and win on lap 21. It was Sauder’s first win at Limaland since 2002 and the sixth of his career in sprints all-time at Limaland Motorsports Park. “It’s been a while since I competed here regularly,” recalled Sauder. “I give this win to all my crew guys and to God for giving me the talent to do this kind of thing. My car was set up real well and one thing I haven’t done this year is worry much about the car. This car won the King of the Quarter mile last year and we’ll see if it can’t be two in a row this year.” As the K & N UMP Modifieds took the green flag for their 20-lap feature, the big question appeared to be whether Tony Anderson, starting on the pole, might be able to win an elusive first feature in the modified division. The Bluffton native has won numerous Thunderstocks events over the years but never a modified main. Little did everyone realize that fellow front-row starter John Brooks would eventually take top honors and post his first career modified win. By lap 3, Brooks made a strong outside pass for the lead and would never succumb to the assault of some of the best drivers and cars in the division Anderson, Brian Post, Terry Hull and Todd Sherman all gave serious chase to Brooks but never did they catch and pass him. Following a lap-10 caution and restart, Brooks again held strong against Anderson’s charge. Brooks drove through lapped cars again by the 15th circuit and led Anderson and Sherman across the line for his first-ever triumph at Limaland’s 1/4mile layout. “It is awesome to win here,” stated Brooks. “I’ve been trying to win at this place for years. I’ve been trying to win here in a stock car race and even though this is a modified, this win is dedicated to Darrel and Ora Brown. I came through the heat and thought I had a good car tonight. All those long nights in the shop, this win sure makes it worth it.” On Friday, Limaland Motorsports Park will have a Meet the Drivers night featuring the NRA Sprint Invaders along with the K & N UMP Modifieds and Budweiser Thunderstocks. Gates open at 5 p.m. with hot laps beginning at 6:30 p.m. Racing starts promptly at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the 22nd annual Brad Doty Classic, July 14, featuring the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series,

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Kemper/Staggs
Henry (Joe) and Ruth Kemper of Ottoville announce the engagement of their daughter, Barbara “Bobbi,” to Joshua Staggs, son of Lynn Staggs of Kalamazoo, Mich. The couple will exchange vows on July 31 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ottoville. The bride-elect is a graduate of Ottoville High School and Defiance College. She is employed at PCN Financial Institution, Kalamazoo. Her fiance is a graduate of Paw Paw High School, Paw Paw, Mich., and Defiance College. He is employed by the Kalamazoo Charter Township Police Department.

Mr. and Mrs. Homer Baumgartner of Delphos observed 74 years of marriage with a family dinner on Sunday. They were united in marriage on June 4, 1936, at the home of the bride’s parents in Pandora. They have five children, Sharon (David) Moore of Columbus, JoAnn (Larry) Troyer of Continental, Janice (John) Freund of Fort Jennings, Bob (Carol) Baumgartner of Delphos and Mary (Peter) Hofmann of Elida. They also have 15 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and 2 greatgreat-grandchildren. Homer is retired after 34 years with the AC & Y Railroad as a brakeman and conductor. He completed a book entitled “Rambling Along on the AC & Y” at the age of 94. Jeanette is a homemaker and was a Sunday school teacher and Scout leader. She was also active in the Band Mothers and in PTA for many years.

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Roessner/Bailey
Bernard and Kathy Roessner of New Knoxville and Susan Brunswick of Fayette, announce the engagement of their daughter, Amy Jo, to Jeffery Edward Bailey, son of Susan Bailey of Delphos and Charles Bailey of Van Wert. The couple will exchange vows on Sept. 4 at Delphos Wesleyan Church. The bride-elect is a 2006 honor graduate of New Knoxville High School. She previously worked in retail and is now a homemaker. Her fiance is a Delphos Jefferson High School, Vantage Police Academy and UNOH graduate. He is a master cabinet-maker.

‘Twilight’ eclipses bleephappy MTV Movie Awards
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — Sandra Bullock was kissing and telling at the MTV Movie Awards. Bullock, wearing a glittery black dress, received a standing ovation as she accepted the MTV Generation Award in her first live televised appearance since she split with unfaithful husband Jesse James earlier this year. The 45-year-old actress used her acceptance speech to clear up tabloid rumors — “No. 1: I’m not dead.” — and smooch Scarlett Johansson. “No matter what you might have seen or heard or read lately, I love what I do,” vowed Bullock, “and I’m not going anywhere.” Bullock was presented with the show’s highest honor by her “All About Steve” costar Bradley Cooper, “The Proposal” co-star Betty White and inexplicably Johansson, the wife of her absentee “Proposal” leading man Ryan Reynolds. When asked why she was there to help hand over the trophy, Johansson hinted she wanted to lay one on Bullock, who awkwardly obliged. “Now that we have done that,” said a smiling Bullock, “can we please go back to normal?” Bullock was fresh off her surprise appearance Saturday night at Spike TV’s “Guys Choice” event in Culver City, Calif., but that show won’t be broadcast until June 20. She also received a standing ovation there when she accepted the “Troops Choice” award for entertainer of the year, voted on by members of the military and presented by Robert Downey, Jr. When it came to the awards at Sunday’s freewheeling and often-bleeped ceremony at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif., “The Twilight Saga” eclipsed the competition for the second year. “New Moon” sucked up trophies for best movie, kiss, female performance for Kristen Stewart and male performance and global superstar for Robert Pattinson. “I guess ’Twilight’ is really awesome, and I agree,” said Stewart. “Woo!” Other winners selected by online votes included “Obsessed” co-stars Beyonce Knowles and Ali Larter for best fight, “Jennifer’s Body” star Amanda Seyfried for “scared-as-s--t moment,” “Ninja Assassin” star Rain for “biggest badass star,” “The Hangover” star Zach Galifianakis for comedic performance and “Up in the Air” co-star Anna Kendrick for breakout star. “This is the coolest moment ever,” said Kendrick, clutching her popcorn trophy. “This is going on my coffee table.” Tom Cruise launched the show as “Tropic Thunder” character Les Grossman, a profanity-spewing Hollywood producer. In the opening bit, Grossman used Michael Cera as a human bookend and berated “The Karate Kid” star Jaden Smith as his father Will Smith looked on. He later appeared on stage and danced alongside pop star Jennifer Lopez to Ludacris’ “Get Back.” Grossman wasn’t the only character whose naughty language was frequently censored. The cast of “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” were barely audible as they presented an emotional Ken Jeong of “The Hangover” with the award for “WTF moment.” Christina Aguilera, who performed a medley of tunes from her new album, was also muffled as she sang the saucy “Woohoo.” A comically angry Mark Wahlberg, however, was able to slip several bad words past censors during the presentation of the best villain trophy to Tom Felton of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.”

‘Shrek Forever After’ leads slow Hollywood weekend
BY DAVID GERMAIN, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Hollywood is in a June swoon as a rush of new movies fails to grab audiences. DreamWorks Animation’s “Shrek Forever After” remained the No. 1 movie for a third-straight weekend with $25.3 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. It raised its three-week domestic total to $183 million. “It appears that the family audience is dominating the box office right now, and families clearly want to see ‘Shrek,’” said Anne Globe, head of marketing for DreamWorks Animation. The overall box office tumbled, coming in at $125 million, down 24 percent compared to the same weekend last year, when “The Hangover” opened with $45 million, according to boxoffice tracker Hollywood. com. The best of the newcomers was Universal’s rock ‘n’ roll comedy “Get Him to the Greek,” which debuted at No. 2 with $17.4 million. The movie stars Jonah Hill as a record executive escorting an unruly rocker (Russell Brand) from London to Los Angeles for a concert. Opening at No. 3 with $16.1 million was Lionsgate’s action comedy “Killers,” starring Katherine Heigl as a woman who marries her dream man (Ashton Kutcher) only to learn he’s an international assassin. Nikki Rocco, head of distribution for Universal, said the studio is happy with the results for “Get Him to the Greek” but that slumping revenues for Hollywood in general are a concern. “Everybody is talking to me about that, and I don’t have an answer,” Rocco said. The weekend after Memorial Day a year ago, the blockbuster “Up” premiered with $68.1 million. That was more than the combined $52.3 million total for “Get Him to the Greek,” ‘’Killers” and anemic openings for this weekend’s two other new wide releases — 20th Century Fox’s family comedy “Marmaduke” at $11.3 million and the Warner Bros. horror tale “Splice” at $7.5 million. “The films a year ago were generating a ton of excitement, and this year’s just kind of falling flat. You

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had four new wide releases, and a three-week-old movie is still No. 1,” said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com. “I don’t know if they’re bored or if ticket prices are too high or if they just have other things to do.” The quiet weekend follows a sluggish May that ended with the slowest Memorial Day holiday in 17 years in terms of movie attendance. Two big Memorial Day weekend releases, the Warner Bros. sequel “Sex and the City 2” and Disney’s “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time,” failed to light up the box office, and both fell off sharply in their second weekends. “Prince of Persia” was

No. 4 with $13.9 million, down 54 percent from opening weekend and raising its domestic total to $59.5 million. “Sex and the City 2” finished at No. 5 with $12.7 million, down 59 percent and lifting its haul to $73.4 million. For the year, Hollywood revenues are at $4.47 billion, up 3.7 percent over the record pace last year. But factoring in higher ticket prices, attendance now has slipped 2.7 percent behind last year’s, according to Hollywood. com. The box office can turn on a dime, though, so Hollywood could regain its momentum with just a few big hits. “I’m still confident when you take a look at some of the films coming up in the summer, that audiences will start coming out in droves,” said David Spitz, head of distribution for Lionsgate. “There’s a lot of big titles, including next weekend.” This Friday brings a 1980s flashback with a remake of “The Karate Kid” starring Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith, the son of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, and a big-screen adaptation of the TV action series “The A-Team,” featuring Liam Neeson, Jessica Biel and “The Hangover” co-star

Another industry may be threat to Southern ecosystem
By MITCH STACY The Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. — The reservations commercial paper industry’s plans to plant forests of about it. We genetically altered eucalyptus trees in seven Southern states don’t think have generated more cries the scientific from critics worried that such a large introduction of a bioevidence is in engineered nonnative plant could throw natural ecosysyet that says tems out of whack. this is a good ArborGen, a biotechnology venture affiliated with idea.” three large paper companies, got U.S. Department — Neil J. Carman, of Agriculture approval last biologist month for field trials involving as many as 250,000 trees planted at 29 sites during the next few years. Much smaller vations about it,” said Neil lots of the genetically altered J. Carman, a biologist who trees have been growing in serves on the Sierra Club’s genetic engineering commitsome of the states for years. Australian eucalyptus tee. “We don’t think the scitrees grow faster than native entific evidence is in yet that hardwoods and produce high- says this is a good idea.” Anne Petermann, execuquality pulp perfect for paper production, but thus far, they tive director of the activist have been able to thrive only group Global Justice Ecology in very warm climates. South Project, said eucalyptus trees Carolina-based ArborGen are invasive, require vast genetically altered the trees amounts of water that could to withstand freezing tem- reduce groundwater levels, peratures, and the idea with and increase the wildfire risk the test forests is to see how because they are so flamfar north they can now be mable. “This is quite a dangerous grown. The test sites will cover tree to be mass planting,” a total of about 300 acres Petermann said. But ArborGen CEO in Florida, South Carolina, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Barbara Wells said eucalyptus trees have not proven Georgia and Louisiana. While genetically engi- invasive in dozens of tropineered crops such as corn cal countries where they are and soybeans have become widely grown on plantations. common, ArborGen’s exper- Also, ArborGen genetically iment marks the first large modified the trees to limit planting of designer trees their ability to disperse seed in the United States. The and spread. Although the new field company says plantations of hearty, faster-growing euca- trials will significantly lyptus could produce more increase the number of genettimber in a smaller area and ically engineered trees being allow conservation of natural grown, Wells called it “very confined research.” forests. “The total is 300 acres, But critics say that despite the USDA’s assurance that but when you’re doing tree the trees pose no environ- research, that really is very mental threat, not enough is small acreage,” she said, notknown about their effect on ing that about 20,000 acres of genetically 3:50:25 PM unaltered natural surroundings. DelHer_10.5x10.5_BW_Overview.pdf 4/30/10 “We have many reser- eucalyptus trees are already

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grown in central and southern Florida for production of wood chips and mulch. The new test forests will show whether the genetically altered trees can thrive farther north in Florida, where freezing temperatures can occur in the winter. Donald Rockwood, a professor emeritus in the University of Florida’s School of Forest Resources and Conservation, has worked for about 30 years on developing eucalyptus trees that thrive in Florida. He uses traditional breeding techniques, not genetic modification. The genetically unaltered trees growing in controlled plantations in Florida have not proven invasive, are relatively efficient users of water and are no more flammable than other hardwoods, said Rockwood, who was hired by ArborGen to do a report on eucalyptus trees’ invasiveness because of his experience working with them at the university. Still, Rockwood said, introduction of any genetically altered species poses risks. For example, the gene that makes the trees resistant to cold could be transferred to surrounding plants, allowing them to spread farther north than nature had intended. “It certainly needs to be done carefully, it needs to be regulated and there needs to be a period of well-defined observations,” Rockwood said. The ArborGen trees will be planted in seven counties throughout Florida, four counties each in South Carolina and Texas, two each in Alabama and Mississippi and single counties in Georgia and Louisiana. Rockwood said they can grow about 25 feet per year and be ready to harvest in less than three years. ArborGen is a joint venture of International Paper, MeadWestvaco and Rubicon Ltd.

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THE OTTOVILLE Local Schools will be receiving sealed bids from June 4, 2010 till June 17, 2010 for a 1997 5.0 Liter 1500 Chevy Van Express, the van has 130,358 miles and a noise in the differential. There is a minimum bid of $1500.00 The van can be viewed June 7th –June 17th from 8:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m. daily at the bus garage located at 650 W. Third Street, Ottoville OH. Sealed Bids can be sent to Scott Mangas, Superintendent, at 650 W. Third St. PO Box 248, Ottoville OH 45876. Bids will be opened June 18th at 8:00 a.m. High bid over the minimum of $1500.00 will be rewarded the van. All other fees associated with the van will also be at the cost of the buyer.

Wife is just flirting with old flame
Dear Annie: I’ve been and they are quite content married to “Julia” for 30 to continue paying the same years. Last November, she amount. Tell them you have was contacted by an old raised your hourly rate, boyfriend through a reunion and cite a specific figure. website. Since then, they Remind them if necessary. have been trading e-mails Bonuses are not mandatory, and text messages several but clients should rememtimes a week. Julia has told ber you during the holidays, me about the e-mails and the same way they do their texts, but she deletes them as hairdressers, doormen and anyone else who provides an soon as she responds. I accidentally opened ongoing service. Dear Annie: Your Julia’s e-mail account and saw that this guy has tried to response to “Devastated and convince her to meet secretly Frustrated” made my blood pressure go up 10 for lunch so they points. She has a could hug each terrible daughterother and talk for in-law. You told several hours. He her to find somesays he is sexually thing to like about attracted to Julia, her because she but is afraid of could catch more regrets if they “did flies with honey something.” He than vinegar. also wrote that he Instead of having does not have freher apologize to her quent sex with his snooty daughterwife. This guy has a cell phone with Annie’s Mailbox in-law, you should have advised her to an unlisted number and an e-mail account discuss this matter with her unknown to his wife. He also gutless son and try to resolve has not mentioned this cor- it. But if that doesn’t work, she should cut all ties with respondence to her. I haven’t told Julia about these worthless people. If seeing the e-mail. She knows that means no contact with I have concerns about this the grandchildren, too bad. guy, but insists she isn’t I wouldn’t put up with the attracted to him. She says whole lot of them. I don’t think she can she loves me and would not cheat. She hasn’t had an find anything to like in this opportunity to respond to his daughter-in-law, especially lunch suggestion yet because after 12 years of her nonsense. -- Outraged Reader we have been on vacation. Julia has offered to cut off from Tallahassee, Fla. Dear Tallahassee: If one the correspondence if I ask. Should I let this play out as is willing to cut off all contwo ships passing, if no dam- tact with one’s own child age is done? Just glimpsing and the grandchildren, your at his technique, I suspect he solution is certainly one way has done this before. Should I to handle the situation. We contact his wife and possibly don’t believe most parents risk destroying his marriage? would want that, however, and advised accordingly. -- Internally Torn Apart Annie’s Mailbox is writDear Torn: No. That would be overly-aggressive ten by Kathy Mitchell and on your part. We think your Marcy Sugar, longtime ediwife is having a flirtation tors of the Ann Landers and nothing more, but these column. Please e-mail your things can take on a life questions to anniesmailof their own, and we don’t [email protected], or write blame you for being con- to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o cerned. Julia has offered to Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. stop contacting this fellow. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Take her up on it, and make Angeles, CA 90045. sure she follows through. Dear Annie: I have been cleaning houses for years, and in all that time, only one client has given me a raise. I go above and beyond. If it takes me an extra 30 minutes to finish, I will stay and not ask for additional pay. Why do people think that cleaning help don’t deserve raises or bonuses? These clients have found me to be trustworthy. Nothing ever gets broken, and I am always committed to being there. I never get a paid vacation and haven’t received a Christmas bonus in more than 10 years. What are the proper guidelines? -- Appreciate the Cleaning Ladies Dear Lady: Most clients would give you more money if you asked. Otherwise, they don’t think you mind,

Tomorrow’s Horoscope
By Bernice Bede Osol
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 A large endeavor that failed in the past is likely to be resurrected in the year ahead, and developed into something of great value. Looking at it with a fresh eye will reveal ways to turn it into a wonderful creation. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You could find yourself more earnestly keeping your mind on something that needs solving, and consequently coming up with the answer. CANCER (June 21-July 22) Because your eye is much sharper than usual for the little pieces that make up the whole, everything you do will be done with considerable care. Mistakes aren’t likely to be a factor. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Everything you undertake should work out to your advantage, not because you’re lucky, but because you’re far more methodical than usual. It’s a time to carry things as far as you dare. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Use this day for advancing serious endeavors that hold promise for larger rewards both of a tangible and intangible nature. Your mind is sharper than usual and will spot opportunities others miss. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - Exciting things could happen for you today, mainly because you’re likely to handle serious matters like a game, but one that you play exceedingly well. You’ll enjoy who you are, what you are and where you are. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Significant transformations in growth are likely to transpire at this time without the detection of your competitors. Before they realize what has happened, you’ll be far beyond their reach. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - If behooves you to pay attention to what others have to say, and that includes listening to your spouse. What they know can be used to your benefit in extremely beneficial ways. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Today offers a unique but brief time frame that is likely to expose you to a greater array of beneficial opportunities. Be alert and capitalize on as many as you can handle. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - Don’t put any limitations on your imagination, especially if you are involved in some form of creative work. You are likely to conceive something quite ingenious and profitable. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) Your eye and mind are both sharp for picking up on the little things others have seemed to miss. Consequently, you could spot something that will prove to be extremely advantageous for you. ARIES (March 21-April 19) What you do is likely to capture the attention of the powers that be, so it behooves you to do good work when on the job. It could open the door for a bonus or a raise. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) There’s a good chance that you’re on the verge of producing something that has impressive potential. Keep doing what you’re doing, because it could earn you a higher position in life. Copyright 2010, United Feature Syndicate, Inc.

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